GE Information Services USA USA ECXpert Presented By: Nick Marchetti ECXpert Product Manager
GE Information Services
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ECXpert
Presented By:
Nick Marchetti
ECXpert Product Manager
GE Information Services
USA USA
Strategic Venture
Market leader in
developing and marketing
Internet and Intranet
software solutions
World’s leading provider
of business-to-business
electronic commerce
services
The Internet commerce application software company
“The extraordinary scope of Actra has huge ramifications for the rest of the eCommerce field… Forrester sees an unusual winning combination here.” - April 1996
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Actra Business Systems
Actra develops electronic commerce
software applications designed specifically
to run over the Internet protocols
Open, extensible and scalable software
Leverage and/or establish open standards
125 employees
Based in Sunnyvale, California
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ECXpert
Internet-centric electronic commerce
messaging software
A business document gateway
Secure business-to-business electronic
commerce over Internet protocols
Begin to harness the Internet’s high
return-on-investment (ROI) potential
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ECXpert
Enables an organization to do EDI over public (TCP/IP) and private networks
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Partner A
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Partner B
Trading
Partner C
Trading
Partner D
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Internet
VAN ECXpert
Order
Management
Production
Management
Logistics
Management
Financial
Management
Service Manager
Meta
Data Store
TCP/ IP Interconnectivity
Comm
Server Translator
Browser Suite Spot Extended
Applications
ECXpert is the foundation of an
Internet commerce infrastructure
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ECXpert Components
Communications
Security
Document
Management
Data
Transformation
Services Manager
Browser-based
User Interface
Open Architecture
Web Forms Tools
Scalability
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Communications
Open, standard support of SMTP and
S/MIME
Point-to-point electronic commerce transfer
protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
and private TCP/IP
Connections to EDI VAN’s via FTP and
asynchronous outbound
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System Security
Employs certificates, encryption,
authentication, data integrity, and
digital signatures, MDN
Via the open, standard S/MIME,
established by the IETF EDI Working
Group
CommerceNet interoperability pilot
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Document Management
Mailboxing facility allows message data to
be retrieved on demand, or stored until a
scheduled time for processing
Tracking services that reconcile and
generate acknowledgments, and provide
reporting and event notifications
Supports Oracle relational database
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Data Transformation
“Any-to-Any” data transformation
EDI standards mapper/translator
Supports ANSI ASC X12, EDIFACT, UCS,
other public standards, and user-defined
formats
High-performance, easy-to-use, Windows
based mapping tool
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Services Management
Manages the execution of tasks performed
on a unit of work
Services include:
– Parse
– Translate
– FAGen
– Gateway
– User defined services
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Browser-Based User Interface
Universal client
System administration
Trading partner set-up
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Open Architecture
Open architecture
Integrate user written programs or
third party products
– Continue to use an existing EDI translator
instead of replacing it
– Existing communications software
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Web Forms Tools
Extend your EC program to the Internet
Forms-based EDI for small trading partners
Ability to create custom HTML/Java forms
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Scalability
Multi-threaded processes that can be
distributed across platforms
Designed to operate in environments
ranging from NT workstation to a
multiprocessor UNIX platform
Version 1.0
– Sun SPARC Solaris 2.5.1
– NT Workstation and NT Server
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Benefits of ECXpert
Leverage Internet technology to implement
a cost-effective, easy-to-use electronic
commerce program
Integrated system for communications,
membership, and data transformation
Address all of your data exchange
requirements with one system
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Benefits of ECXpert
Browser-based user interface for
installation, document management,
administration tasks, and reporting
Multi-threaded, distributable design, to take
advantage of today’s sophisticated
computing environments
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FTP Async
VAN
Trading
Partners
VAN
Trading
Partners
Internet
Trading
Partners
Internet
Trading
Partners
SMTP (S/MIME)
HTTP (SSL), FTP
Direct Connect
Trading Partners
FTP
Private
TCP/IP
Existing Business
Applications
ECXpert NT / UNIX
FTP TCP/IP
Traditional
EDI VAN
Internet
ECXpert
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ECXpert Architecture
Mapping/Translation
Parse
Services Manager
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Service
List(s)
• Identify Sender,
Receiver, Doc Type
•Establish Tracking ID
•Execute Service List
•Monitor & Control
Activity
•Update Audit Trail
Data Manager
Service
Lists Member
Directory Audit
Trail
Published API
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Browser-based GUI
Routing
ECXpert
Settings
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Security
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ECXpert
Inbound
ECXpert
Outbound
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Actra’s Distribution Strategy
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Commerce
Master
Distributors
Portfolio